When seating guests in a Japanese-style room, the correct etiquette is to seat the most important guest with his or her back facing the tokonoma. This is because of modesty; the host should not be seen to show off the contents of the tokonoma to the guest, and thus it is necessary not to point the guest towards the tokonoma. Stepping within it is ...
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alcove in a Japanese room, used for the display of paintings, pottery, flower arrangements, and other forms of art. Household accessories are removed ... [4 related articles]
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alcove in Tea House with a work of art, caligraphy or painting
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alcove for placing a scroll, flower arrangement or specially-displayed items
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